Adjustable necktie holder



Dec. 22, 1931. P.'KRAFT ADJUSTABLE NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Nov. 13, 1929 ra/Z INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 22, 1931 7 PAUL KRAFT, or nr'iw'YonK, n. Y.

ADJUSTABLE nnoK'rIE roLnER Application filed November 13, 1929.

his invention relates to improvements in; neckties, particularly to holders for neckties formation of the knot and neck-1 tie by sewing its material about a holder avoiding the tedious and sometimes vexing;

allowing the knotting of a necktie.

It is the principal to provide a necktie object of my invention holder allowing a ready attachment of the tie to a collar button or removal therefrom.

Another object of my invention is the, ie vision of a necktie holder of comparativelysimple and inexpensive make, yet durable and efficient in operation, allowing its adjustment to collars of varying heights.

A further object of my invention is spread apart by means ing of the holder over button by releasing the pressure on sai I spring.

members 14 and 15 are These and other objects of my invention will become more fully known as the description proceeds, cally defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is an inner or rear view of a necktie" ulcers- 14 and latending to press the same apart.

equipped with my novel holder, constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail rearv-iew of the holder. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. F ig. 4 is a front view of the holder.

' Fig. 5 is a section through the sameon line 7 5-5 of Figure 3.

As illustrated, a necktie 10 of any desired material and color, to wear type has the side edges ofv the material turned to the rear and stitched together as indicated at 11.

The knot 12 of the tie is preferably formed over a holder, generally designated 13 and constructed as follows: Two preferably metal formed at their rear with oppositely disposed longitudinally extending flanges each provided with alternating oppositely disposed larger recesses 16, and smaller recesses 17. for the engagement pin ends limit the provision'of a necktie-holder, the movably connected members of which are normally I of a springand pro. vided with inner recesses allowing a scour-- the shank of collar the branch 28 and and will then be 'specifi-.

drawings forming a1. g

ends of which,

preferably of the ready- Serial no; 406,744.

ofthe shaft 18 of'a collar button 19, as indi cated in Figure; 5, and as will hereinafterbe more fully N explained. V

The material of the lowerends of the members 14L and 15 is formed at theirrear into inv \vardly directed, overlapping tongues21 and 122, while similar overlapping and inwardly directed tongues 23 and 2 1 are formed from the material of members .141 and 15 at the flOIlb. 3 I V i 0, The ends ofa substantially vertical bolt or pin 25 extend through the overlapping tongues21, 2,2,and 23, 24, respectively and an upper head 26- and a lower head 27 at the K thevertical displacement of the pin, whileallowing a certain relative movement between the tongues of each pair. The head 26 engages also and bears against the lower end ofa centrally located and downwardly extending branch 28 of the holder over which the knot is to be formed do :EI'OIllptllG material of the necktie which for i this purpose ismade with two upper tongues 29, 30 extending in opposite directions from y W V bent out of the plane thereof towards the rear.

Between the pairs of tongues 23, 24:, and

21, 22, a spring 31 is Wound aboutpin 25,.the

32, 33, respectively, "engage the inner walls of the bent ends 20 of 'mem- 30 Holes B l in the side faces of members 1 k, and 15 respectively allow the passage of threads for forming and securing the material of the necktie about the holder.

I My device operates as'follows:

After the knot of a tie has been formed by sewing the material about the holder the lowerends 20 are gripped by the fingers of the no user and pressed against oneanother against the action of the spring 31, thus separating the inner rear edges of members lei and 15 for allowing the'passage of the front end of a collar button therethrough if now the pres sure on the spring ends is released the shank 18 will be engaged by the closing members 14, 15 in the recesses thereof and will securely hold the necktie on the collar button, an adjustment of the tie to the diflerent heights 10o of collars is made possible by enganging the collar buton in the various superposed recesses in the members.

It will be understood that I have disclosed the preferred form of my invention only and that I may make such changes therein as are warranted by the scope of the appended claims without departure from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and Patent is:

1. A necktie holder comprising a pair of clamp members having upper rear flanges recessed at their oppositely disposed inner ends for engagement with the shank of a collar button, means for pivotallyconnecting said members,

the lower ends of said members apart to close the upper flanges about the shank of said holes for stitching collar button, and a three-branched upper former connected to saidholder allowing the "formation of a knot of the necktie material about'the same, said members provided with the material to the holder.

2. A necktie holder comprising a pair of clamp members having upper rear flanges recessed at their oppositely disposed inner ends for engagement with the shank of a collar button, a pair of rear end tongues formed with said members overlapping one another, and a pair of frontal overlapping tongues formed with said members, a vertical pin extending through said overlapping tongues, heads at the ends of said pin allowing a limited relative motion of'the tongues of each pair; and 'a three-branched upper formerha-ving one ofits branches beneath the upper, head on said pin and its other branches laterally extending from said first named branch at an inclination thereto for allowing the formation of a knot in the necktie material about, said former; said clamp members provided with holes for stitching the material of the necktie to the holder.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

PAUL KRAFT.

desire to secure by Letters a means for normally pressing 

